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This Loyalist mural in Hopewell Avenue dates from the year 2000. It commemorates one of its leading members, Stevie McCrea, killed by the Irish People's Liberation Organisation in 1989. The RHC was an off-shoot of the UVF. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hand_Commando

A mural, at Hopewell Crescent off the Crumlin Road depicting the devastation of the summer (and particularly August) in 1969. The early days of “The Troubles” (a term borrowed from an earlier conflict) saw a mass movement of people and destruction of homes. The sight of furniture dumped in the street and the word “taken” painted on an empty house next to a burned-out one is not to be forgotten. Rumours of the dead being carried away through the sewers. Ach sure the tourists love it all when they see it from their open-top buses but they weren’t there and many weren't even born.

This Loyalist mural commemorates the sectarian riots of 1969 when families in mixed communities were burnt out of their homes by their neighbours on religious grounds. This "ethnic cleansing" led to the increased ghettoization of both Protestant and Catholic working classes.

Opened in 1850, this neo-Palladian building was designed by the notable Belfast architect and county surveyor, Sir Charles Lanyon. The building was enlarged in 1905-06 with blocks added either side of the columned portico. A tunnel linked the court with Crumlin Gaol on the other side of the road. The courthouse was closed in 1998 and was sold five years later to a private developer. Plans were approved for the conversion of the building into a 4-star hotel but the downturn in the economy thwarted these plans.

Opened in 1850, this neo-Palladian building was designed by the notable Belfast architect and county surveyor, Sir Charles Lanyon. The building was enlarged in 1905-06 with blocks added either side of the columned portico. A tunnel linked the court with Crumlin Gaol on the other side of the road. The courthouse was closed in 1998 and was sold five years later to a private developer. Plans were approved for the conversion of the building into a 4-star hotel but the downturn in the economy thwarted these plans.

The Crumlin Road Courthouse was designed by the architect Charles Lanyon and completed in 1850. The courthouse was completed at a cost of £16,500. The building is in the Neo-Palladian classical style. It is situated across the road from the Crumlin Road Jail and the two are linked by an underground passageway. The courthouse closed in June 1998. Various development plans failed to get off the ground and the building has been damaged in a number of fires. It has now been derelict for 15 years and this once-magnificent Grade B listed building is in a currently in serious state of disrepair. In 2017, it was purchased by a Liverpool based developer who announced plans to restore it for use as a hotel (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-39265603 BBC News Northern Ireland).